He was awakened hours later by the sound of a door unlocking. He knew it was Sherlock immediately. "Hello John, shouldn't you be with your fiance?" Sherlock asked without even glancing at him. "Probably... But, I also thought we should talk." John said, he had planned this on the cab ride over, of course he hadn't planned to do it tonight. "Probably." Sherlock echoed as he put the kettle on. Once the tea was ready Sherlock put the two cups on the table and sat down in the chair opposite Watson. "So... you wanted to talk John, here I am, talk away." Sherlock announced, then took a sip of his tea. "Well... I'm sure that you know what I want to talk about... So why don't you tell me what you thought in the moment that registered, because I want you to tell me exactly where this could go Sherlock. Exactly. You're good at observing, try and come up with all the options on the table." Watson replied, slightly unsure of the words he was speaking. "John, when you told me you loved me on that train today, a million things went through my head. The first of those being why didn't you say something sooner you simpleton. However it's the thought that came after that that worried me, because after that my mind immediately went to Mary. John, you are engaged to be married to a woman. As for all the options on the table, at this point, it could go one of three ways. Either you leave Mary, and well, you know, we..." Sherlock trailed off, leaving John wondering if he had been lying earlier when he said that he reciprocated John's feelings. "If that doesn't happen, either you could cheat on Mary, or we could just stay friends and delete this." Sherlock continued and then ended. "Okay, first off Sherlock, not everyone can just delete things from their memory like you can, second, do you really think I would cheat on Mary? Also if you did feel like you said you did, why did you pretend nothing had happened, and why did you say that we could be together the way you did?" The doctor was slightly worried, slightly hopeful, and frankly slightly ticked off at this point, and he just wanted Sherlock to answer his questions so he could see where he stood with the man now, and where he wanted to stand was next to him. "On the train I ignored you because... Because I was scared. I was frightened of where this could go. But know that you know how I feel about you... And I know how you feel about me... I think that there is a good chance that we could end up together by the end of tonight." The detective stated, once again, his voice wavering. "Right. But what about Mary? Sherlock, I may not love her like I do you, but she is important to me in a best-friend-who-I'm-awkwardly-engaged-to kind of way. However if you can promise me, with all that is important to you, that this is not a trick, not an experiment, not a joke of any kind, then Sherlock Holmes, I would leave my fiance to be with you. Can you promise me that Sherlock?"